A shark bit off more than it could chew when it attacked 14-year-old Lydia Ward.
She was bitten on the hip by the 1.5 metre long shark while swimming at a New Zealand beach.
She hit it around the head with her boogie board until it let go and swam away.
“I saw my brother's face and turned to the side and saw this large grey thing in the water so I just hit it on the head with a boogie board,” Lydia said.
Her mother said it was amazing how calm she was. “I couldn't believe the lack of fuss,” she said.
“I would've been hysterically screaming but no, there was no screaming. She was just standing there looking a bit shaky.”
Sharks attack less than 100 people a year, and only about a tenth of attacks are fatal.
By contrast, 133,000 people are injured every year by doors!
What would you do if a shark attacked you? Would it put you off going back in the water? Share your thoughts in the comments box below.
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Good story..... but the shark is smaller in length then I am tall so it's not as bad as getting attacked by a Bull or Great White shark
23-02-10
Woh, I would have just stood there frozen. But It couldn't have been that big.
Yasmeen · 22-02-10
She hit the shark with a boogie board- seriously, it can't have been that big!
22-02-10
Shes soooo brave..
i wouldnt be in the water in the first place cos i've always been afraid of the sea and i cant swin
so yh real brave
:D
10-02-10
ahaaa made me smile, it's quiete funny the way she reacted. I dare to think what I would have done.
09-02-10
lol
09-02-10
wow she is my idol!!!
08-02-10
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